Pencil-holder.



PATENTED NOV. 15, 1904.

0. B. TRUMP.

PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1904.

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WITNESSES 011M. A. M

ATTORNEY,

Patented November 15, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

CHARLES E. TRUMP, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO NOVELTYELECTRIC COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFPENNSYLVANIA.

PENCIL-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,097, dated November15, 1904. Application filed June 29, 1904. Serial No. 214,598. (Nomodel.)

To (LU whom it wtay concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLns E. TRUMP, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented an Improved Pencil-Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My improved holder is designed to provide means for utilizing short endsof pencils without the inconvenience that attends holding them in thehand, and, further, to provide a casing for the pencil, enabling it tobe reversed and clamped to cover and protect its point.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation ofthe improved holder having a pencil engaged therein. Fig. 2 represents alongitudinal sectional view of the barrel. Fig. 3 represents alongitudinal sectional view of the ferrule. Fig. A represents a sideelevation of the barrel with the ferrule removed, and Fig. 5 representsan elevation of the open end of the barrel.

As shown in the drawings, the holder comprises the barrel 1 and theferrule 2, which are adapted for receiving and engaging the pencil 3.The barrel, being an open tube having a dead end, has its open endprovided with the plain beveled section 1, the threaded cylindricalsection 1, and the longitudinal slits 1", cutting both the plain andthreaded sections and forming flexible sections or fingers I", the deadend having the small aperture 1 therethrough. The ferrule is adapted tobe sleeved on the open end of the barrel and has the plain beveledsection 2 for engaging the beveled section 1, the threaded cylindricalsection 2* for engaging the threaded cylindrical section 1 and the plaincylindrical section 2, which extends beyond the barrelthreads and beyondthe slits, to cover them.

\Vith the several parts in the relation shown in Fig. 1, the beveledsections 1 and 2 being at contact, a partial turn of the ferrule 2 onthe barrel 1 will contract the fingers 1 and clamp the pencil 3, thebeveled section 2 wedging the beveled section 1 or the beveled end ofeach finger to force the fingers against the pencil. A partial turn ofthe ferrule in the opposite direction, relieving the pressure betweenthe beveled sections, releases the pencil.

In the event of the sticking of a pencil or other object that has falleninto the barrel such object can be removed by inserting a wire throughthe aperture 1 Having described my invention, I claim 1. A pencil-holdercomprising a hollow barrel having an open end divided into sections thatare flexible, said sections having a plain sharply-beveled portion and athreaded cylindrical portion, in combination with a ferrule having aplain sharply-beveled portion and a threaded cylindrical portion,substantially as specified.

2. A pencil-holder comprising a hollow barrel having an open endprovided with longitudinal slits forming lingers, said lingers beingbeveled and having a thread thereon, in combination with a ferruleextending beyond and covering said slits, said ferrule being beveled andhaving a thread thereon, substantially as specified.

3. A pencil-holder comprising a hollow barrel havingflexible sectionsbeveled and threaded, in combination with a ferrule having a plaincylindrical section, a threaded section, and a beveled section,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 28th day of June,190 t, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

CHAS. E. TRUMP.

IVitnesses: V

THOMAS S. GA'rns, UTLEY E. CRANE, Jr.

